Brewer, a Paradise Valley, Ariz., native, spent one season with the Longhorns and never saw the field. He was among three quarterbacks in line to back up junior David Ash in 2013.

Along with Alabama, Brewer said he's heard from Notre Dame, Tennessee, Stanford and Duke.

“It was a hard decision but it was the right thing to do,” Brewer told The Republic. "I’ve had a lot of success. I think I still have a
chance at that. I felt I’d have a better opportunity at another place. I
want to go to a place where I can play sooner."

Alabama will need a replacement for AJ McCarron in 2014, but there appears to be plenty of candidates on the current roster. The Crimson Tide, which recently landed a commitment from five-star quarterback David Cornwell, is currently positioned to have five scholarship quarterbacks -- Alec Morris, Cooper Bateman, Parker McLeod, Blake Sims and Cornwell -- on its 2014 roster. Preferred walk-on Luke Del Rio, who passed on scholarship offers at a handful of Pac-12 programs, makes it six.

During his recruitment out of high school, Brewer, whom 247Sports ranked as the No. 5 pro-style quarterback in the class of 2012, was in Tuscaloosa for the 2010 Iron Bowl and left with a Crimson Tide offer. He committed to Texas a few months later.

If Brewer lands with a Division I program, he will be forced to sit out a season, per NCAA transfer rules.